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Making public transit safe next hurdle in easing lockdowns
Published On: April 29, 2020 08:00 PM NPT By: Associated Press
THE HAGUE, Netherlands, April 29: In cities around the world, public transit systems are key to getting workers back on the job and restarting devastated economies, yet everything from trains and buses to ferries and bicycles will have to be re-imagined in the coronavirus era.
Construction site fire in South Korea kills at least 38
Published On: April 29, 2020 06:10 PM NPT By: Reuters
SEOUL, April 29: A fire at a construction site in South Korea killed at least 38 people and injured another 10 on Wednesday, fire authorities said.
It's a boy: PM Johnson and fiancée thrilled by birth of son
Published On: April 29, 2020 05:55 PM NPT By: Reuters
LONDON, April 29: Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s fiancée, Carrie Symonds, gave birth to a healthy baby boy at a London hospital on Wednesday, slightly earlier than had been expected.
It's a boy: British PM Johnson and fiancee 'thrilled' by birth of a son
Published On: April 29, 2020 03:48 PM NPT By: Reuters
LONDON, April 29: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s fiancee, Carrie Symonds, gave birth to a baby boy on Wednesday at a London hospital, slightly earlier than had been expected.
Bomb blast kills 40 people in Syrian town of Afrin, Turkey says
Published On: April 29, 2020 03:02 PM NPT By: Reuters
ANKARA, April 29: At least 40 civilians were killed, including 11 children, when a bomb detonated in the northern Syrian town of Afrin on Tuesday, the Turkish Defence Ministry said, blaming the attack on the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia.
U.S. coronavirus cases approach one million, one-third of global infections: Reuters tally
Published On: April 28, 2020 09:00 PM NPT By: Reuters
NEW YORK, April 28: U.S. cases of the novel coronavirus were approaching 1 million on Tuesday, having doubled in 18 days, and made up one-third of all infections in the world, according to a Reuters tally.
Coronavirus cases in India climb towards 30,000; Pakistan mosques a growing worry
Published On: April 28, 2020 08:05 PM NPT By: Reuters
NEW DELHI/ISLAMABAD, April 28: India was nearing 30,000 coronavirus infections on Tuesday, second only to China in Asia, a steady rise that would make it difficult to lift a nearly six-week lockdown that ends this weekend, health officials and some government leaders said.
China says Indian criticism of coronavirus test kits is "irresponsible"
Published On: April 28, 2020 06:30 PM NPT By: Reuters
NEW DELHI, April 28: China has criticized India’s decision to stop using Chinese testing kits for the novel coronavirus because of quality issues as unfair and irresponsible in the latest strain in their ties.
New Zealand tames virus; France, Spain reveal lockdown exits
Published On: April 28, 2020 04:02 PM NPT By: Associated Press
PARIS, April 28: France and Spain, two of the worst-hit countries in the coronavirus pandemic, were laying out separate roadmaps Tuesday for lifting their lockdowns, while signs emerged the virus has been all but vanquished in New Zealand and Australia.
China lab rejects COVID-19 conspiracy claims, but virus origins still a mystery
Published On: April 28, 2020 12:32 PM NPT By: Reuters
SHANGHAI, April 28: Claims that the coronavirus pandemic originated in a laboratory in the Chinese city of Wuhan have no basis in fact, the head of the lab told Reuters, adding that there were still no conclusive answers as to where the disease started.
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